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| Italian speakers:Sonus Faber,Chario,Diapason,Opera I'm a Chario Ursa Major owner myself, following some extensive comparisons to similarly priced offerings from SF (Cremona) and Opera (Grand Callas); all three are beautifully built and finished, share many common traits sound wise but it was the s... | |
| Most musical integrated amp you have heard? Pathos Inpol-2 (which I used to own and love) and Audio Analogue Class A 50 Special edition. | |
| Personal amp evolution A series of Rotel, Arcam and Musical Fidelity integrated during college years, graduated to Primare, Krell and Densen integrated, Densen pre and power combos, including the 350 mono's, a brief spell with Clearaudio balance pre/power, Pathos Inpol,... | |
| Why don't gold based cable fans try Synergistic Currently trying out the AU-79 interconnects and, frankly, I can't say that I am that impressed. In my system, they sound a little veiled and sluggish and with a slightly pronounced bottom end; nothing really that wrong with them, but I do prefer ... | |
| Graaf Amplifiers Factory closed down The models that will be re-introduced, at least originally, are the GM 13.5B and the GM70; no news on the Modena yet. You can find out more at the site of Graaf's Dutch importer: www.analogueaudio.com/graaf.htm (in dutch, but google translator sho... | |
| Acoustic Zen Adagios or Audio Physic Padua?? Hey Jim. I'm also a big Audio Physic fan and I did get to try out the Paduas about 2 years ago. They are remarkable speakers but very fussy about their positioning, more so than other Audio Physic speakers I have tried out in the past. The dealer ... | |
| Hegel Amplifiers I couldn't agree with you more Danwkw; The H2 is the hidden gem in the Hegel lineup and represents tremendous value for money. As for the H10, i didn't get a chance to listen to it but I thought it cost something like 9.000 euros here in the Euroz... | |
| Hegel Amplifiers Milpai, the Hegel is indeed a very good amplifier but in my experience, the Primare A33 and the Densen 330 were every bit as good and at a slightly lower price point; the Audia Flight 50 and the Chord SPM 650/1050 clearly outperformed it. The Para... | |
| Graaf Amplifiers Factory closed down Rumour has it that Audio Analogue has come to the rescue. I am not aware of the full details but apparently AA will handle the management while G. Mariani (head designer of Graaf) will remain on board as a consultant. They are already planning to ... | |
| Hegel Amplifiers I recently happened to listen to some Hegel stuff, namely the P4A MKII pre-amp driving the H20 and the H4A MKII power amps, through Xavian speakers. The sound was indeed really (really) good, smooth, lucid and communicative, very detailed and with... | |
| Triangle sound-signature category. Which brands? Used to own the Ventis XS and the Naia models - in my recent sojourn for new speakers I also auditioned the Quartet and Magellan (monitor)series, within the context of an all Audio Analogue system (a brand that Triangle often co-operates with). I ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Mordaunt Short MS 10 (used)B&W DM 302 (new)- 601 (new)Kef Coda 8 Kef Coda 9.2 (new first floor-standers)All during my student years - very fondly remembered."Graduate" speakersMission 750 LE (new)Monitor Audio Monitor 4 (used)Audio Physic Step... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System There is also the question of the different parameters that you have to put in the equation (ie country of origin, new vs used etc). For example, on the basis of "retail prices" my cabling would be c. 35% of my system's overall value. They come fr... | |
| Silencable / Heavens Gate Audio I'm currently trying out a bundle of their cables with various interconnects and speaker cables (from their entry level to the stratospheric priced ones); so far, i find them similar(ish) to my current Synergistic Research stuff - wide soundstage,... | |
| Triangle Silver Ghost speaker cables Had them for a couple of years and used them with Triangle Ventis XS and Naia models. They sound absolutely fantastic in this context and there is a good reason why Triangle uses them as internal wiring in their uber-fi Magellan series. They are f... |